Journal Databases -- Literature

Academic Search Premier 1985 - present; Full-text, 1990 - present	Full text for nearly 1,850 scholarly journals, including more than 1,250 peer-reviewed titles. Covering virtually every area of academic study.	Full-Text
Arts & Humanities Citation Index (go to ISI Web of Science) 1977 - present	Bibliographic information and cited references from arts and humanities journals.
Biography & Genealogy Master Index	Indexes current, readily available reference sources, as well as the most important retrospective works that cover individuals, both living and deceased. The total number of biographical sketches indexed more than 13.3 million.
Biography Resource Center	Search for famous people, both living and dead, based on one or more personal facts such as birth and death year, nationality, ethnicity, occupation or gender.	Full-Text
Britannica Online	Includes the complete encyclopedia.  You can also use EB Online to search an Internet directory that includes more than 130,000 links to Web sites. More than 72,000 articles.	Full-Text
ComAbstracts Varies in start date	This database contains over 11,000 abstracts of articles published in the primary professional literature of the communications field
Contemporary Authors	Provides complete biographical and information and references on more than 120,000 U.S. and international authors.	Full-Text
Contemporary Literary Criticism Select	An extensive collection of critical essays on contemporary authors. Each CLC--Select entry contains a biographical/critical introduction, listing of principal works and sources for further study.	Full-Text
Current Contents/All Editions Most recent 1-1.5 years	Tables of contents and bibliographic data from current issues of the world's leading scholarly research journals and books in the sciences, social sciences, and arts and humanities.
Dictionary of Literary Biography	Provides nearly 10,000 biographical and critical essays on the lives, works, and careers of the world's most influential literary figures from all eras and genres.	Full-Text
Galenet Databases Menu	Associations Unlimited, Biography Resource Center, Contemporary Authors, Contemporary Literary Criticism Select,  Dictionary of Literary Biography, Literature Resource Center, Business and Company Resource Center, Biography and Genealogy Master Index.	Partial Full-Text
Humanities Full Text (Wilson) 1984 - present; full-text 1994 - present	Arts, Communications, History, Linguistics, Literature, Religion.  (use OmniFile Full-Text Mega)	Full-text
JSTOR  Journal Storage - The Scholarly Journal Archive 1900's (varies) - 2000/2001  no current issues included	Access to older scholarly journals. African-American studies, anthropology, Asian studies, ecology, economics, education, finance, history, literature, mathematics, philosophy, political science, population studies, sociology, and statistics.	Full-text
Literature Resource Center   Ancient - present	Provides access to biographies, bibliographies, and critical analyses of authors from every age and literary discipline.	Full-text
Lit Finder	Finds poems, short stories, and essays by keyword or title. (Scroll down screen)	Full-text
MLA International Bibliography   1963 - present	Indexes critical scholarship on literature, language, linguistics and folklore.
OmniFile Full Text Mega 1984 - present; full-text 1994 - present	Education Full Text, General Science Full Text, Humanities Full Text, Readers' Guide Full Text, Social Sciences Full Text, Wilson Business Full Text	Full-text
Reader's Guide Full Text  1984 - present;  full-text 1994 - present	Wide range of subject areas in popular, general-interest magazines and periodicals. (use OmniFile Full-Text Mega)	Full-text
Web of Science 1977 - present	Bibliographic information, author abstracts, and cited references covering the sciences, social sciences, and arts & humanities.  Abstracts are available for many articles.
Web of Science Proceedings   1990 - present	Reference proceedings papers presented at prestigious international science and technology conferences and arts and humanities conferences.

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